Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 Part 10

This Department is conducted in the interest of stamp and coin collectors, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question on these subjects so far as possible. Correspondents should address Editor Stamp Department.

The New York _Herald_ states that the Duke of York is prepared to sell his very valuable collection of stamps to the highest bidder. Lord Rothschild has made the most liberal offer thus far, but he would prefer to buy the rarest specimens only.

C. E. ABBEY.--U. S. stamps are printed on plates of 200 or 400 stamps divided into _panes_ of 100 stamps each. A sheet of 100 stamps as sold by the Post-Office is one of these panes. Every plate bears a number, and this number is printed on the margin of each pane. For instance, the current 2c. red is printed from plates of 400 stamps which, after printing, is cut into four sheets. I ill.u.s.trate plate No. 112.

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I know of no stamp chapter in Newark.

H. B. THAW.--The 12 sen 1875, j.a.pan, is worth 70c., the 15 sen, same issue, 60c.

L. M. C.--Dealers quote two varieties of the half-dime of 1838, one at 10c., the other at 30c.

A. WHITTEMORE.--No stamp was found in your envelope when opened.

D. C. S.--The stamps are Costa Rica revenues. There are several varieties of U. S. 1c. Proprietary worth from 1c. to 10c. each.

J. K. MORLAN.--The current 1s. Great Britain postage-stamp is catalogued at 2c. if used. As there are many thousand varieties of North, Central, and South American stamps, I cannot quote values, but advise you to buy a catalogue.

E. H. MAURER.--The $1 values of U. S. postage-stamps are largely used to pay postage on packages of bonds sent from the U. S. to Europe. The "pink" 1861 is extremely rare. It is a peculiar shade which cannot be described in words.

H. L. WATSON, Paris.--It is probably a fraud. The only Jones Express known in America bears Was.h.i.+ngton's portrait, and is printed on pink paper.

A. E. BARROW.--No coins enclosed. I cannot say what dealers will pay for stamps. That depends on scarcity, condition, and quant.i.ty.

An unsevered pair of any scarce stamp is always worth more than two single stamps of the same kind. The Columbus and 1853 dollars can both be bought from dealers at a slight advance.

D. E. PORTEr.--The coin is a Connecticut cent dated 1787. Dealers catalogue it at 15c.

J. T. DELANO.--What dealers pay for coins we do not know. You can buy the 1832 half-dollar in good condition for 75c., the 1853 quarter for 35c., the 1864 two-cent copper for 10c.

F. S. BIDWELL, JUN.--No premium on the s.h.i.+lling.

E. B. TRIPP.--Dealers quote the 1857 and 1858 cents at 5c. each, 1822 half-dollar at 75c., silver three-cent pieces at 10c.

C. MARTIN.--Levant stamps are used for local purposes, and for prepayment of postage on letters to the home countries.

PHILATUS.

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